Politics

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** FILE ** Linda Blair in "The Exorcist" (Associated Pree/Warner Bros. Entertainment)

NATIONAL EDITION COVER (9/10/13) - Chadian soldiers patrol in the desert in northern Mali in a photograph taken by the French Army. Al Qaeda has expanded operations throughout parts of Africa, including Libya and Somalia. (Associated Press)

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Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at his meeting with elected region leaders in the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow on Sept. 10, 2013. (Associated Press/RIA-Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service)

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**FILE** Rep. Michael McCaul, Texas Republican and House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct ranking member (Associated Press)

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House Speaker John A. Boehner, Ohio Republican, walks to join other GOP House members for a caucus meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013. Some conservative Republicans want to shut down the government on Oct. 1 if that's what it takes to block the Obamacare health program. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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** FILE ** Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel testifies on Capitol Hill on Sept. 10, 2013, before the House Armed Services Committee hearing on the proposed authorization to use military force in Syria. (Associated Press)

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Demonstrators opposed to the government of Syrian President Bashar Assad gather on the lawn of the Capitol in Washington on Sept. 9, 2013, as Congress returns to work from August recess. President Obama is seeking authorization from Congress for a military strike against Syria in response to the use of chemical weapons in the civil war there. (Associated Press)

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President Barack Obama salutes at Andrews Air Force Base before departing for Columbus, Ohio, March 6, 2009. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)